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US BREAKING: President Donald Trump has announced a surprise Rwanda–Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace agreement during a high-profile ceremony in Washington. The deal aims to ease years of brutal conflict in the eastern DRC and restore stability along the Rwanda–Congo border.
This FULL VIDEO captures the moment Trump revealed the deal, reactions from African leaders, the diplomatic push behind the scenes, and what this means for the future of regional security in Central Africa.

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00:00Well, thank you very much.
00:26Well, this is a nice building, I have to tell you.
00:31So this is a special occasion for a lot of reasons.
00:34But number one is it's our first occasion in this building
00:39using it for peace.
00:41And it's all about peace.
00:42And it's a great honor.
00:44And, Marco, you've done a fantastic job in getting it ready.
00:47But it's a spectacular building, and we all appreciate it.
00:53And very importantly, we're settling a war
00:55that's been going on for decades with millions
01:00and millions of people killed.
01:03And these two gentlemen spent a lot of time backstage
01:07talking to each other and over at the Oval Office.
01:09We were at the Oval Office together.
01:10It was beautiful.
01:12And I think it's just a very important day.
01:15And we have other leaders from other countries.
01:17And you said such beautiful things.
01:19I'd love to have you come up.
01:20We'll finish up.
01:21And then I'd love to have you come up.
01:23And if you can issue the words that you just issued backstage,
01:28it usually doesn't work.
01:29You know, it usually never happens.
01:31They said it much better before.
01:33But you will probably do better up here.
01:35But I'd love to have you say how you felt,
01:38because it is an amazing day.
01:40Great day for Africa.
01:42Great day for the world and for these two countries.
01:45And they have so much to be proud of.
01:48And I want to thank the leaders.
01:49I want to thank you very much.
01:51It means maybe more because we are here together
01:55for the first time ever in this building.
01:57Brand-new, beautiful building.
01:59I can't — I don't want to tell you how much it costs,
02:01because I hear it's a lot, okay?
02:03They don't build inexpensively here.
02:06But I just want to thank you very much.
02:08So, please, sit down, everybody.
02:10I want to thank everybody for being here.
02:15It's a momentous occasion.
02:16It's a truly incredible setting.
02:20It's — very few places I've seen like this.
02:24In this holy season, we prepare to celebrate
02:26the birth of the Prince of Peace.
02:29We have come to the U.S. Institute of Peace
02:33to sign a historic agreement that will end
02:35one of the longest-running conflicts anywhere in the world,
02:39with far more than 10 million people killed.
02:43Today, we commit to stopping decades of violence and bloodshed
02:46and to begin a new era of harmony and cooperation
02:49between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
02:54I want to thank the two courageous leaders.
02:57They are courageous leaders.
02:59They really are courageous leaders.
03:00Great people.
03:02President Chisekite of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
03:08and President Kagame of Rwanda.
03:13They are amazing people.
03:17And they had stories to tell me that were incredible.
03:20And really fascinating in so many different ways.
03:25Sad and beautiful.
03:26Both sad and beautiful.
03:28And today makes them beautiful.
03:31I've just held really fantastic meetings
03:34with both men and representatives of other countries
03:38where we discussed the importance of upholding this new agreement.
03:43Very detailed, powerful agreement.
03:46I also want to thank several foreign guests
03:48and dignitaries in attendance
03:50to celebrate this magnificent event,
03:53including the President of Angola.
03:56Please, would you stand?
03:57And it's so great to see you.
04:04The President of Burundi.
04:06Thank you very much.
04:08Great to see you again.
04:12The President of Kenya.
04:16We have the Olympics here.
04:17You know, they do very well in the Olympics.
04:21Those runners, I don't know what the heck you do with those runners.
04:24But they are very good.
04:26I've been watching them for a long time.
04:28So we have the Olympics coming to the United States.
04:30You know that.
04:31Thank you very much.
04:31And you'll come as our guest.
04:34And the President of the Council of Ministers of Togo.
04:40Thank you very much.
04:44The Vice President of Uganda.
04:52It's such a beautiful color.
04:53Like, all these guys are wearing these dark suits.
04:56You just stand out for a lot of reasons.
04:58You're beautiful.
05:01The Foreign Ministers of Qatar.
05:06Thank you very much.
05:07Say hello to my friend, a great man.
05:12And the United Arab Emirates.
05:19My regards, right?
05:20And the Chairman of the African Union Commission, who's done a fantastic job.
05:27And thank you for all your help.
05:28We appreciate all your help.
05:30A special group of people.
05:32A very special thanks, as well, to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
05:37Marco, please stand.
05:39And thank you for putting a certain name on that building.
05:45I came, I said, boy, that is beautiful.
05:47That blew up last night.
05:48They said, that's a great honor.
05:51It really is.
05:52On this building, it's a great honor.
05:53Thank you very much.
05:54I assume you had a lot to do with that.
05:56Just a little bit, yeah.
05:59Appreciate it.
06:00And Senior Advisor for Africa, Mossad Boulos, who's been fantastic.
06:05Thank you, Mossad.
06:06All of these people, every one of them, were indispensable in forging this agreement.
06:11Let me also recognize Senators Mike Rounds and Lindsey Graham.
06:15Lindsey, thank you.
06:17Mike, wherever you may be.
06:20Thank you, Mike.
06:20Representative Ronny Jackson.
06:24Where's Ronny?
06:25Ronny is a great guy.
06:27He won his race in Texas by 48 points.
06:30Right, Ronny?
06:31I don't have to ask if he's in any — I don't even have to endorse him anymore.
06:35It doesn't matter.
06:36Save the paper.
06:37Right?
06:38Great job.
06:39Chris Smith.
06:40Chris?
06:41Thank you, Chris.
06:43Great.
06:44Good job.
06:45Trent Kelly?
06:46Trent?
06:47Thank you very much.
06:51And the Acting President of the Institute for Peace, Darren Beattie.
06:56Thank you, Darren, very much.
06:58Thank you very much, Darren.
07:01For more than 30 years, one of the worst conflicts on Earth has been raging in Eastern
07:07Congo.
07:08Millions and millions of people have been tragically killed — went on forever — and countless
07:14more have been displaced from their homes.
07:16Families have been destroyed.
07:17It's been a disaster.
07:19Many administrations have tried, but probably not too hard, knowing who preceded me.
07:27But they've tried.
07:28It says they've tried.
07:29But we tried harder to end this conflict.
07:33But they've accomplished — obviously, they accomplished very little, because the killing
07:38went on at levels that just got worse and worse.
07:41And today, we're succeeding, where so many others have failed.
07:45And this has become the eighth war that we've ended in less than one year.
07:50Such an exciting thing to do.
07:52This has been a really — because we're talking about 30 years of fighting — 30 years,
07:57much more than 10 million lives.
07:59Last June, thanks to the efforts of Secretary Rubio and Mr. Boulos, Rwanda and the DRC reached
08:08a landmark agreement to move toward peace.
08:12They started the process.
08:13I met with some of their great representatives who are here also.
08:17And we started a great process.
08:20The compact we're signing today, which will be known as the Washington Accords — everybody
08:25sort of liked that name — formalizes the terms agreed to in June, including a permanent
08:31ceasefire, the disarmament of non-state forces, provisions for refugees to return to their
08:38homes, and justice and accountability for those who have committed illegal atrocities.
08:45Very importantly, this agreement also creates a new framework for economic prosperity.
08:49There's tremendous wealth in those — in that beautiful earth.
08:53It's a beautiful earth.
08:54But it was stained badly with blood — tremendous amounts of blood.
08:59But in the region, they will support a lasting peace.
09:02And the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to more closely integrate
09:08their economies with each other rather than fighting.
09:12And they'll be doing that.
09:13And these two gentlemen are very smart.
09:16And I think they liked each other a lot.
09:20I spent time with them.
09:21I think they liked — some people may be surprised.
09:24I really do.
09:25I think they've spent a lot of time killing each other.
09:31And now they're going to spend a lot of time hugging, holding hands, and taking advantage
09:36of the United States of America economically, like every other country does.
09:41So they're going to do very well.
09:43But they do have some valuable — some very valuable things.
09:47They're going to have a lot of money and a lot of success.
09:50And I think they're going to get along really well.
09:53So I hope so.
09:54Thank you very much.
09:55Look at them.
09:56Look at the way they love each other.
10:06So I have a lot of confidence in both leaders.
10:08We'll keep these commitments.
10:11I know they're going to keep them and follow through on the agreement and create a much brighter
10:15future for the people of their countries.
10:17And they're heroes within their countries because of today.
10:20And a lot of — this is a big story.
10:22And so much is being written and said.
10:26All of the newscasts have it at the top of the list.
10:29And they are heroes.
10:31And we want to keep it that way.
10:33Today, the United States is also signing our own bilateral agreements with the Congo
10:38and Rwanda that will unlock new opportunities for the United States to access critical minerals
10:44and provide economic benefits for everybody.
10:48And we'll be involved.
10:49We're sending some of our biggest and greatest companies over to the two countries.
10:56And we're going to take out some of the rare earth and take out some of the assets and pay.
11:02And everybody's going to make a lot of money.
11:05These are just two of the many new agreements related to mineral supplies that my administration has achieved this year,
11:12including with Australia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, South Korea, and many other countries.
11:21And with all of these agreements, we're forging new economic security partnerships
11:26that protect the interests of America and our friends and partners.
11:29And a core feature of my administration's national security strategy,
11:33a big part of which is the tariffs.
11:35We're taking in trillions of dollars in tariffs.
11:38Nobody's ever seen anything like it.
11:40And it's given us really great national security.
11:44We'll be paying down debt.
11:46We'll be making distributions to people.
11:49And we're really — we're really doing a job.
11:54It's amazing.
11:55I was with a gentleman, the future king of Saudi Arabia.
12:00And you've heard me say this a couple of times.
12:03But two months ago, when I was over there, he said —
12:08and actually Qatar is represented today, and you — UAE is represented.
12:13And your leader said the exact same thing — different words, but the exact same thing.
12:17That one year ago, they thought our country was dead.
12:21And now our country is the hottest country anywhere in the world.
12:24We're the hottest country anywhere in the world.
12:26Nobody's ever seen anything like it.
12:28We have over $18 trillion — that's just in 10 months — pledged or being invested
12:35or pledged to be invested in the United States.
12:38Think of that — $18 trillion.
12:40The highest amount we've ever had is one and a half.
12:43Under the Biden administration, they did much less than one in four years.
12:47Think of that.
12:48So they did less than $1 trillion in four years.
12:51We have $18 trillion in 10 months.
12:53It's going to be much more than that, too.
12:55No other country in history has ever been closed, no matter what country you pick.
13:00So I want to thank you again, everybody, for your great vision.
13:05And I want to thank the people, especially the people that we named — some of the others
13:11that, unfortunately, we didn't name.
13:13We just couldn't do that.
13:15But for your vision and for your courage, because it's made it possible to begin healing old wounds
13:22and transcending past differences and creating a future where every child of God can live in dignity, prosperity, and peace.
13:30And these are two very good men, and they're two very — potentially very strong countries.
13:37I'd like to now invite President Kagume to come up and say a few words.
13:44It's Rwanda.
13:45And then, if I may, President of DRC, who really is doing a great job.
13:52These are two men that are doing a great job.
13:54And, again, they are so respected because of what they're doing today and the mission that they've really, I think, accomplished.
14:03And we'll see how it all works out, but I think it's going to work out really great.
14:07They want to get on to other ways of living for their people and their great leaders.
14:12Thank you very much.
14:13Please, Mr. President.
14:16Thank you very much.
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